ONE HAND WASHES THE OTHER; TREVINO REPLACES RODRIGUEZ

By Juan Montoya
Some may have been surprised, but others may have said that it was predictable that the legal counsel plum of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board was handed over to the law firm of former City of Brownsville mayor Eddie Treviño, of the Treviño and Boden Law Firm.
For several years, the papita gig was in the hands of another Eddie, this one Rodriguez, of Colvin, Chaney, Saenz & Rodriguez. We have not learned the details of the switch, but it appears to be poetic justice after the coup d'etat that Treviño pulled off when he appointed Emmanuel Vasquez to succeed Cris Valadez on the PUB board. The PUB board had just announced they would be replacing Rodriguez as legal counsel when Treviño rushed to have Vasquez sworn in and ruled that the board's vote to replace the law firm was not done legally since the term of Valadez had expired.
(In the picture above, Treviño is flanked by Vasquez, with mustache, and local attorney Ruben Herrera).
A court ruled in Treviño's favor and Vasquez was in, and Pee-Wee remained as counsel.
Now, with Treviño taking over the job, the clock has gone full circle.
With Dr. Dr. David S. Morales as Chairman, Enrique G. Nájera, Vice-Chairman, Oscar D. Garcia, Secretary/Treasurer, Arturo R. Farías and Vasquez as members, and Mayor Tony Martinez as Ex-Officio member, the board still has one vacancie left open when Raymond Hinojosa's term expired in July and was not reappointed by the city commission.
About the only item that even remotely addresses the issue of a legal counsel was in the Oct. 10 meeting for "Consideration and Approval of a Loca1 Board Counsel~J. Bruciak."